Edison Cummings Gem Turquoise Silver and Gold Bracelet

Description

Edison Cummings  Gem Turquoise, Silver and Gold Bracelet

This large turquoise gem appears almost translucent. The dark cobalt blue Matrix is offset by sky blue flashes throughout the stone.

The colors suggest Landers Blue Turquoise but the patterns suggest Lone Mountain Turquoise.  Turquoise from either of these mines is rare and expensive.  It's more a matter of finding one for sale than walking into a store asking to buy one.   

I consider this Turquoise gemstone on the short list of finest turquoise Mother Earth ever produced... that I ever saw (and I spent in 50 years a lot of time looking). This bracelet is a masterpiece of design and execution.  It is what every tufa caster hopes someday to be able to produce. Notice the raised, straight silver lines? 

It is a valuable and beautiful art, to be worn and enjoyed. 

The Tufa Cast process permits only one perfect (if that) bracelet to be pulled from the mold. The mold breaks apart as the two are separated.

In order for that process to be successful the entire mold must be filled with molten silver (before any of it begins to harden) or the entire work will be scrapped and started over from the beginning. 

This design can be dated back to the late 1940s and Navajo Silversmith, Kenneth Begay. The design has since has since been interpreted, successfully in the hands of some very great silversmiths.

Charles Loloma, Preston Monogye, Thomas Curtis and Boyd Tsosie to name a few.  Each artist who has attempted the piece has taken it in it's own direction.

Each one a a masterpiece of design and function, each one a privilege to own and wear.

Kenneth Begay made his original using silver fabrication. This bracelet was Tufa Cast by Edison Cummings, Master Silversmith. It was not fabricated.

Few silversmiths will even attempt to tufa cast such a complex design.  First, the design is carved in reverse in Tufa Sandstone. 

Then, molten silver is quickly poured into the mold. The molten silver must not harden before every detail is filled with molten silver. If that does not happen, the project is discarded and restarted. 

From the casting to the amazing turquoise gemstone, perfection.

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This is a solid silver and gold bracelet. Its size can be not be adjusted... except by a Master Silversmith.   *** Do not attempt it yourself.

Frankly, that is one reason this bracelet so Special.  I know of no one but Edison who can make it...  tufa carve it and successfully silver cast it. 

What else makes this bracelet so special?  The Stunning Turquoise Gem and Edison Cummings' hallmark. 

The Bracelet will fit a 6" to 6 1/4" wrist

The bracelet is 1 1/2" wide and is solid Silver and 18K Gold. 

The cuff opening is 1"